US6690512B2 - Adjustable, ergonomic microscope base - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to microscopes, and scope accessories. More particularly, the present invention relates to an ergonomic support device comprising an adjustable base attachable to the base of a microscope.
- CTDs Cumulative trauma disorders
- CTDs include several syndromes characterized by eye strain, backaches, neck pain, headaches, and repetitive-strain injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome. CTDs are estimated to account for more than 50 percent of all workplace illnesses, with a significant number of reported cases in the U.S. workforce.
- the present invention is directed to an adjustable microscope base which is attachable to a microscope.
- the base comprises a first base having leveling adjusters pivotally attached to a second base, which has dual adjusters located at the rear of the second base which can be used to raise or lower the pitch or tilt angle of an attached microscope so that the operator can maintain a more neutral position in the neck, back, and shoulder areas.
- the present invention reduces the level of discomfort and risk of CTDs previously encountered due to the constant load on the neck, back and shoulders created by the forward lean in the operation of a microscope.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,517,354 to Mika describes a microscope supported on a base.
- the base is provided with adjusters located at the rear corners to selectively vary the rearward height of the base.
- This invention does not provide for elevational adjustment of a secondary base supporting the microscope base, as in the current invention.
- An ergonomic adjustable microscope base comprising a first and second base positioned on a support surface; having means to prevent the base from sliding on the support surface; having means to adjust the vertical elevation of the microscope base having means mechanisms for attaching and locking a microscope in a nonmovably mounted relationship with the upper surface of the second support base; and manually rotatable adjusting mechanisms, located at each rearward corner of the base and operatively associated with the base, to provide for selectively varying the overall and secondarily, the rearward vertical height of the base and mounted microscope relative to the support surface, thereby providing a range of vertical heights and of forward title angles so that a user of the microscope is able to maintain a more neutral position in the neck, back, and shoulder areas.
- an adjustable microscope base connectable to the bottom of a microscope, which comprises a support base further having adjusters used to raise or lower both the vertical elevation and the forwardly inclined pitch of the entire subassembly (the base and the microscope) to various degrees so as to provide operating conditions that are individually suitable for an operator to maintain a more neutral position in the neck, back, and shoulder areas.
- FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of an adjustable microscope support device 10 according to the present invention with a microscope 14 mounted thereon.
- FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the adjustable microscope base without a microscope.
- the walls of the extension 42 , 44 , 46 , 48 , 50 , 52 , 54 , 56 extend to and meet with upper surface 58 of the extension and walls 42 , 44 , 46 , 48 , 50 , 52 , 54 and 56 further extend down and meet with lower surface 60 .
- the first base 16 has first and second level indicators 24 A and 24 B attached to walls 28 , 32 , respectively.
- the vertical adjustment and level adjustment means 70 for the first base 16 per FIGS. 1 through 3, can assume a number of varied embodiments.
- the means includes a circular base 72 containing a centrally located aperture 74 concentric wit circumference of the base 72 , and the base further having a contoured upper surface 78 and flat lower surface 79 .
- the flat lower surface 79 may contain a friction generating surface (not shown) which will prevent slippage on support surface 13 .
- Nested inside the aperture 74 is a threaded rod 76 , having thread pitch to match the thread tap in the apertures 40 located in the first base 16 .
- This embodiment of the level adjustment means may contain a locking nut 77 threadingly received on rod 76 of adjustment means 38 .
- the upper surface 90 of the second base 18 contains an upwardly directed extension 118 of the base located adjacent to the front wall 86 .
- the extension 118 is a bar shaped member, used as a stop against which the microscope base 15 abuts as the second base 18 traverses through its forwardly extending motion by manipulation of the rear adjustment 98 .
- the extension 118 may be integral with base 18 , or it may be attached thereto by screws 118 A, as shown per FIG. 5
- a lock washer 109 can be mounted on the threaded shaft of the bolt, between the circular head 105 of bolt 100 and the lower surface 92 of second base 18 , so that when the clamp 110 is tightly secured to the second base 15 , the microscope 14 is firmly locked and snugly captured between the upper surface 90 of second base 18 and the clamp 110 .
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